Author Archives: urbangraffito

About urbangraffito

I am a writer, editor, publisher, philosopher, and foole (not necessarily in that order). Cultural activist and self-described anarchist.

FZ Don’t Mess Around

Posted on April 15, 2009 by urbangraffito

Frank Zappa – We Don’t Mess Around-1 After the recent tease of ‘The Son of Roxy’ what better salve, I thought, than the complete broadcast of Zappa’s ‘We Don’t Mess Around‘? Broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunkt (BR) on July 1, 1980, … Continue reading →

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Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong

Posted on April 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

Tommy Chong appears on Alex Jones‘ nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the recent FBI raid of Spectrum Labs and the seizure of 10,000 DVDs of Chong’s documentary, a/k/a Tommy Chong. Also on the show is Kevin Booth, creator of … Continue reading →

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Planetshakers – Majesty (Live)

Posted on April 9, 2009 by urbangraffito

Somewhere in the far reaches of the cosmos, the spirit of Frank Zappa just…spewed. Perhaps this was exactly what he was warning us all about with such releases as ‘Broadway The Hard Way’. While searching for something completely different, I … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Alumni — KUR Style

Posted on April 8, 2009 by urbangraffito

The first clip, shot at a concert in Detroit, August 19, 2000, features the Grandmothers – Don Preston, Ener Bladezipper, Sandro Oliva, Bunk Gardner, and the late Jimmy Carl Black – performing Black’s “Indian of the Group”. In the second … Continue reading →

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Billion Dollar Baby — BBC Documentary

Posted on April 5, 2009 by urbangraffito

John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) presents a profile of Alice Cooper — whose theatrical persona was perhaps America’s most significant ally with the British glam movement and who also influenced John’s own band, the Sex Pistols — on … Continue reading →

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Zappa & Mothers TV Special, 1974

Posted on April 4, 2009 by urbangraffito

On Tuesday afternoon of August 27th, 1974, sometime after 5:30pm, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Chester Thompson, Tom Fowler, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Ruth Underwood took to KCET-TV Channel 28’s Sound Stage B in Culver City, Los Angeles to film a … Continue reading →

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Lost KBOO Airtapes – Frank Zappa Interview

Posted on March 24, 2009 by urbangraffito

From the vaults of the popular psychedelic show ‘The Radio Lab’ which later became ‘Cryptic Propensity Projections’ and ‘Midnight Collage’ on KBOO FM, Portland, Oregon from 1971-1985, Michael Christopher, Harry Mishkin and Bill Reinhardt talk to Frank Zappa after his … Continue reading →

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Zappa, Palais des Sports, Paris, 1980

Posted on March 20, 2009 by urbangraffito

This particular concert took place at the Palais des Sports, Paris, France on June 11th, 1980 and was first broadcast on France’s Antenne 2 in late 1980, and later rebroadcast on Europe2 TV on May 10, 2007. It features Zappa’s … Continue reading →

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Zappa — The Lost Interview

Posted on March 19, 2009 by urbangraffito

Barry, our most kind and benevolent webmaster, posted this seven part interview in July, 2008. However, when I sought it out both here at KUR and on the web, I came head-on to many dead links. Seems as though certain … Continue reading →

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The Tubes – Trouble Every Day

Posted on March 17, 2009 by urbangraffito

The Tubes cover Frank Zappa‘s “Trouble Every Day” at BB Kings, NYC, April 9th, 2008. Roger Steen (Lead Guitar) takes on vocal duties (I suspect, while Fee Waybill is off stage during one of many costume stages) while Rick Anderson … Continue reading →

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